While I was with Ibn 'Abbas a man came and said, "O father of
'Abbas! My sustenance is from my manual profession and I make
these pictures." Ibn 'Abbas said, "I will tell you only what I
heard from Allah's Apostle. I heard him saying, 'Whoever makes a
picture will be punished by Allah till he puts life in it, and he
will never be able to put life in it.' " Hearing this, that man
heaved a sigh and his face turned pale. Ibn 'Abbas said to him,
"What a pity!

(mother of the faithful believers) I bought a cushion with
pictures on it. When Allah's Apostle saw it, he kept standing at
the door and did not enter the house. I noticed the sign of
disgust on his face, so I said, "O Allah's Apostle! I repent to
Allah and H is Apostle . (Please let me know) what sin I have
done." Allah's Apostle said, "What about this cushion?" I
replied, "I bought it for you to sit and recline on." Allah's
Apostle said, "The painters (i.e. owners) of these pictures will
be punished on the Day of Resurrection.

The Prophet said, "When a human being is laid in his grave and
his companions return and he even hears their foot steps, two
angels come to him and make him sit and ask him: 'What did you
use to say about this man, Muhammad?' He will say: 'I testify
that he is Allah's slave and His Apostle.' Then it will be said
to him, 'Look at your place in the Hell-Fire. Allah has given you
a place in Paradise instead of it.' " The Prophet added, "The
dead person will see both his places.

Allah's Apostle said, "When the funeral is ready and the men
carry it on their shoulders, if the deceased was righteous it
will say, 'Present me (hurriedly),' and if he was not righteous,
it will say, 'Woe to it (me)! Where are they taking it (me)?' Its
voice is heard by everything except man and if he heard it he
would fall unconscious."

Sad bin 'Ubada became sick and the Prophet along with 'Abdur
Rahman bin 'Auf, Sad bin Abi Waqqas and 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud
visited him to inquire about his health. When he came to him, he
found him surrounded by his household and he asked, "Has he
died?" They said, "No, O Allah's Apostle." The Prophet wept and
when the people saw the weeping of Allah's Apostle (p.b.u.h) they
all wept. He said, "Will you listen?

When the news of the death of Abu Sufyan reached from Sham, Um
Habiba on the third day, asked for a yellow perfume and scented
her cheeks and forearms and said, "No doubt, I would not have
been in need of this, had I not heard the Prophet saying: 'It is
not legal for a woman who believes in Allah and the Last Day to
mourn for more than three days for any dead person except her
husband, for whom she should mourn for four months and ten days.'
"

The Prophet once offered the prayer and said, "Satan came in
front of me and tried to interrupt my prayer, but Allah gave me
an upper hand on him and I choked him. No doubt, I thought of
tying him to one of the pillars of the mosque till you get up in
the morning and see him. Then I remembered the statement of
Prophet Solomon, 'My Lord ! Bestow on me a kingdom such as shall
not belong to any other after me.' Then Allah made him (Satan)
return with his head down (humiliated)."

(who had piles) I asked Allah's Apostle about the praying of a
man while sitting. He said, "If he prays while standing it is
better and he who prays while sitting gets half the reward of
that who prays standing; and whoever prays while lying gets half
the reward of that who prays while sitting."

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